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Counts and tallies
Counting is a basic but essential skill in rural workplaces. A wide range of things need to be counted accurately, for example:
- fence posts lying in a pile
- bags of fertiliser
- native tree seedlings in tubes
- wool bales in a shearing shed
- crates of fruit.
Livestock need to be counted accurately in both paddocks and yards. Sheep are usually counted in two’s or three’s as they move through a gateway.
Where more than one group or class is being counted at the same time, a tally system is used. For example, weaner cattle might be weighed before starting a supplementary feeding program. The weight of each animal could be recorded individually against its ear tag number. Alternatively, a tally might be kept of the number of weaners in each weight class. A series of strokes in groups of five is often used when making a tally as shown in Table 1 below:
The weaners might be weighed on a regular basis during the feeding program using the same system. The results can then be used to determine the average growth rate and identify groups of weaners ready for sale.
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